Posts by Gilbert

What are some of your go to methods that you use to kill off tanks that just have a huge snail infestation? I’ve heard of people trying to use the following (not in any specific order);

1) dosing some medicine that has copper (assuming they don’t have any other invertebrates or sensitive fish)
2) removing all plants and fish, then dosing high levels of salt
3) adding on items like zucchini during the day and then taking it out at night to remove all of the snails, before repeating the following day
4) adding in fish that hunt snails (pea puffers in small tanks, loaches in bigger tanks)

What is your go to method and how has it panned out?

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How do you properly clean an aquarium after dealing with any type of disease? Do you let the treatment do it’s work and then do big water changes, or do you hand clean items like the heater, filter housing (not media), and substrate?

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Do you have this done from calculating lumens in the light source or with a light meter, or by using an aquarium specific light meter that can be read under water since water will refract the light more?

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Might grab another tank or those canister filters they always have 50%. I’ll be curious though on how many my local store has since I know plenty of people who buy >1-2 and then try to resell them later online for close to their retail price.

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Thank you so much for the calendar, especially me using Tapatalk and having each event become a new thread on the community (it lets me see it and the given discussion on that event)!

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Yeah I don’t personally recommend them either, if needed, just have a bunch of decorations or plants in order to let the fry hide during the night and pull the adults out once you are certain all of the fry have been released.

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What are equipment have you used with Amazon Alexa with success? Most of them seem to just do one single function, and that function pretty poorly.

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I’d so mostly flakes, along with wafers once a week for the bottom feeders (or for the fish who like algae).

Pellets are good too but I’ve seen too many fish who overeat them before they expand, or if the pellets are too big, get them stuck in their jaw or mouth.

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It’s back on! But I agree now with this being changed forever, might want to rename this thread possibly since people are going to get super confused. Plus @Petco already has noted this will be the case moving forward;

“Thanks for your question! We have replaced our $1 per gallon sale with a 50% off Aqueon Open-Glass Tank Sale, so that we can include more tank options (yay!) We do not have any information on the next sale at this time, but please stay tuned! 🐡 🐠 🐟”

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What test kit(s) do you recommend for all of your testing needs, and are there any that should be noted from someone who may be starting new into this that has no other knowledge or equipment?

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With all of the super cheap options out there, which ones do you use? I know there are like black diamond blasting sand (really just fine grit sand), some use pool filter sand,and others use playground sand. Are there any other options that you can use or that others use?

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I feel like this is one of the more underrated questions and its answer can be hard, but how do you test the water current to make sure that it has proper flow in all areas (avoiding dead spots unless created underneath rocks) without creating areas that have way too much of a current?

Is there any specific tests that can show if it’s strong, but not too strong for species who might wonder within or when they are sleeping? What’s the best location for corals based on water currents?

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I know that this may sound crazy, but I swear I’ve seen it happen where I know a given livebearer was a female (pregnant and had fry), but then randomly got a gonopodium and then suddenly was acting like a male (trying to bread with females).

Is this something that happens a bunch? And how is this even able to happen?

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Mostly just use bioballs with a prefilter attached on the intake for my filter (I find that having filter pads within the filter works,but over time it slows down the flow pretty exponentially as there are debris that gets trapped).

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In smaller tanks, I’d say it would be a lone species (thinking of Dwarf Gourami or Gourami). In bigger community tanks, I’d probably say a giant shoal of a tetra species. In a cichlid tank, it would more than likely be something that would stand out color wise.

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I’d agree, try with many a dozen in order to not waste money in case they aren’t getting enough food, or the Pleco tried to make a quick snack dependent on its size and species.

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Quote from NoFishBefore

Do you know of the DIY method they use? Is it cost effective and are there any like dangers using CO2?

I know that people have used things like a plastic water bottle, some tubing, and then using yeast, baking soda and sugar to create the reaction that releases CO2. I know of a few friends who use this method, but it’s not as stable since the yeast and sugar only lasts so long before you need to toss it and make a new batch (and it doesn’t make as much CO2 compared to using like an actually bottle of CO2).

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With all of the different types of water conditioners out there, which one do you use? Is there any reason why you use that specific one (as some have added benefits like increasing the slime coat)? I personally have been using Prime since for like ever, since I find it to be consistently good and I’ve never had any bad bottles compared to other brands before.

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How did you get into a saltwater tank, did got start with going into brackish first before diving into full saltwater?

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Do you source all of your starter items like live rock, beneficial live sand, and corals at the same shop or do you get them as you go at various shops?

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